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Software developers are in a unique position to find synergies in their place of work.

This came up in a conversation with Steven and Dave about misunderstood concepts in tech.

Although the conversation might have become a bit more meta 😅

Find the episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/2Ysz...

Right now I have:

A status tracker for different things around the house (chores, fridge, stuff like that).

A recipe list easily searchable and with tags.

For this to work I'd have to add a centralized entry page.

..is centralized.

You can self host it if you like that better (but it's more expensive).

And if you have an itch that you want to scratch, you can come to me, I build it with you, I add it to the catalogue and you get a couple other apps for free.

I have a dumb business idea.

I've started to scratch my own itch with several little apps to remove some annoyances.

I wonder if making them open source, but with a hosting option would be worth it.

You pay something like 1 euro per little app per year, everything...

I have not looked (much) at the code, so would not be comfortable releasing any of this, but it sort of works for me

One is a chat to interact with my todoist and help me GTD.

Another is an interactive recipe list.

Another one is a dependency explorer for Rails projects.

And, finally, a status tracker for several things in my house

With coding assistants being highly subsidized (thus, for now, worth it).

I am having fun letting them create small little projects I wouldn't really put in production, but are fine enough for me)

A few days ago I had the pleasure of discussing Ruby with Stan and Lucian.

We ended up discussing why Ruby can feel less daunting than other programming languages.

Find the full episode here: buff.ly/IpPalrj

A few Months ago Asli and Sami joined me to discuss bootcamps.

Bootcamps are quite hands on, and that can be a refreshing change of pace for some people.

More here: open.spotify.com/episode/40F1...

The role of a software developer is often misunderstood.

A couple of months ago, Steven and Dave Joined me to talk about missundestood concepts in tech. But we might have taken some tangents :D

Find the whole episode here

A few weeks ago, Sandjiv and Mathieu joined me to discuss Taste.

We discussed the way taste changes with the team, and why the "best" code is not always the best code.

More here: open.spotify.com/episode/6jhK...

A couple weeks ago Tim and Rob joined me to discuss Object Oriented Programming.

Among other things we discussed the relationship between Primitive Obsession and OOP.

Listen here: buff.ly/kQkz8sd

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Find Stan at:
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27 - On Ruby (and Rails?) with Lucian and Stan A Junior, A Senior and I · Episode

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I was extremely privileged to be joined by Stan and @lucianghinda.com to discuss #Ruby (and a bit of Rails)

Why does ruby feels so elegant?
Can a programing language hold beauty?
Why did they decide to use or not use Ruby?

All that and more here: buff.ly/IpPalrj

I have a new idea for a podcast. But:
1- it's not compatible with the JSI format
2- I don't know if I am allowed to have 2 pods at the same time.

In case I have someone for a pilot:
"Around a hot tech-e"

Me or a guest come with a hot take in tech and talk around it for an hour

A few days ago Rob and Tim joined me to talk about OOP.

If you want to know more about how the OOP sausage is made, listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0Cno...

A rare clip of me this time 😀

A few days ago I had a very interesting discussion on Taste with Sandjiv and Mathieu.

Tests came up, as they are want to do.

More here: open.spotify.com/episode/6jhK...

You can find Rob at www.linkedin.com/in/purinkle/
You can find Tim at: www.linkedin.com/in/agileotter/ and agileotter.blogspot.com

26 - On OOP with Tim and Rob A Junior, A Senior and I · Episode

🚨 New episode alert 🚨

A couple days ago Rob and Tim joined me to talk about OOP.

The conversation was illuminating, and it was great to get their insights!

Find more here: open.spotify.com/episode/0Cno...

Deadlines are most times self imposed and arbitrary.

A few weeks ago, Steven and Dave joined me to talk about misundestood concepts and we might have deviated a little.

Find the whole episode here:

open.spotify.com/episode/2Ysz...

So Spotify wrapped is here.

I get to see it from the other side this year 😁

If you want to listen to a 2025 "rising star" show, it's over here:
open.spotify.com/show/7AMbqJv...

Thank you to all the listeners, really appreciate the support 🫶🫶

My code is a liar And yet, it's never wrong

I wrote something different:
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My code is a liar!

And yet, it's never wrong,

It does give quick feedback,

And most of it for naught.

....

blog.codemanship.dev/my-code-is-a...

A couple of weeks ago Sami and Asli joined me to discuss bootcamps.

Do you think AI should be leveraged in learning code?

More here: open.spotify.com/episode/40F1...

Find Sandjiv at: www.linkedin.com/in/sandjiv/

Find mathieu at: www.linkedin.com/in/mathieu-s...

25 - On Taste with Sandjiv and Mathieu A Junior, A Senior and I · Episode

🚨 New Episode Alert🚨

A couple days ago Mathieu and Sandjiv joined me to discuss the nebulous concept of "taste" in programming.

Is taste universal?

How do mistakes and 'pain' shape your taste?

All that and more: open.spotify.com/episode/6jhK...

So, I get that AI must be used.

But who the f*ck wants YouTube videos auto dubbed (badly)?

Like if I want bad dubbing, at least let me choose it, don't make it a default!

I had the opportunity to make myself unhireable for the small price of self vindication on LinkedIn.

I am quite proud to say I let it go and I remain (barely) hireable.

#ruby (and #rails) people. What is a fat model for you?

I feel like 'fat model' has become a short hand for:

this has a lot of lines

Rather than:

This does too many things

A few days ago, Asli and Sami joined me to talk about bootcamps.

Do you think bootcamps are here to stay?

More here: open.spotify.com/episode/40F1...

The times I have managed to convince people to give the higher echelons a shot, I have always been positively surprised at the outcome.

But there is quite a strong inertia pushing towards scatter/gather approaches and individual, rather siloed work with a PR as a deliverable.